Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

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Under 20 Top Division World Championships in Canada

 

Final Day Schedule (5th January 2017)

(GMT -5)

 

Bronze Medal Match (in Montreal)

15:30  Russia vs Sweden

 

Gold Medal Match (in Montreal)

20:00  USA vs Canada

 

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Bronze Medal Match

Russia - Sweden  2-1 after Overtime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bronze Medal Match

Russia - Sweden  2-1 after Overtime

 

Bronze goes to Russia

Samsonov shines, Guryanov gets OT winner

 

 

Russia edged Sweden 2-1 in the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship bronze medal game on Thursday. Denis Guryanov scored the overtime winner at 0:33.

 

The goal came from a miscue. Swedish defenceman Rasmus Dahlin, one of two 2000-born players in this tournament, attempted to feed the puck back to scoring leader Alexander Nylander, who couldn't control it. Guryanov jumped on the puck and surprised everyone with a quick backhander that slid past Swedish goalie Felix Sandstrom.

 

It’s Russia’s seventh straight World Junior medal. The streak includes gold (2011), silver (2012, 2015, 2016), and bronze (2013, 2014, 2017).

"I'm proud to keep this streak going for Russian hockey," said captain Kirill Kaprizov.

Guryanov stepped up in the playoffs. The 19-year-old forward from the AHL's Texas Stars also scored two third-period goals in the 4-3 semi-final loss to the United States, and put two pucks in the net during the shootout finale.

"It's just amazing to win a medal, especially in the Bell Centre, my home rink," said defenceman Mikhail Sergyachov, who played three games for the Montreal Canadiens at age 18 this season. "It's special. Our goalie Ilya Samsonov was amazing. He's an NHLer, for sure."

 

It's the third straight year with no medals for Sweden, which also finished fourth in 2015 and 2016. They settled for silver in 2013 and 2014.

"We had a lot of chances to put the game away early," said Rasmus Asplund. "We played well but we made too many mistakes."

The last Swedish gold – the first and only one since 1981 – came in 2012 under coach Roger Ronnberg, with Mika Zibanejad scoring the 1-0 overtime winner versus Russia in Calgary. That was also the only other time Sweden and Russia have squared off in a medal game since the IIHF instituted the playoff system in 1996.

Kaprizov said: "Our players were completely exhausted last night after losing -- physically and emotionally -- but we battled to the very end. We knew a bronze medal is still a medal to be proud of."

 

In regulation, Jonathan Dahlen scored for Sweden, and Kirill Kaprizov tallied for Russia. Sweden outshot Russia 39-36, and Samsonov saved his best tournament performance for last.

"He came up big for them," said Swedish captain Joel Eriksson Ek. "We needed to maybe get in front and get some tips, get some rebounds. And we weren’t able to do that today."

 

Samsonov, a 2015 first-round pick of the Washington Capitals, barred the door in the scoreless first period, where the Russians took three minors. Sweden, despite outshooting their opponents 15-3, couldn’t break through.

 

Kaprizov drew first blood just 16 seconds into the middle frame. Showing great determination, he cut to the net and flubbed his first attempt, but got the puck away from Dahlin to bang it past Sandstrom.

Kaprizov’s goal – his tournament-leading ninth – tied him for the second-highest number of goals in one World Juniors by any player in the post-Soviet era (after 1991). Sweden’s Markus Naslund set the all-time record with 13 goals in 1993, while Russia’s Pavel Bure had 12 in 1991. Max Friberg, another Swede, scored nine goals in 2012.

 

About five minutes later, Samsonov was briefly shaken up when Eriksson Ek collided with Carl Grundstrom going to the net, pushing his teammate into the Russian goalie. But Samsonov got up and kept on trucking.

 

Sweden tied it halfway through the second period on a Russian mistake. Assistant captain Yegor Rykov got the puck right in front of his net, but fluffed his pass, enabling Dahlen to whack it past a surprised Samsonov for his fifth of these World Juniors.

"I saw that he was holding the puck unusually long in that situation, so I tried to pressure him," said Dahlen. "Then I saw he made the pass really quickly and I just tried to get it in the net because the goalie was not ready. It was a lucky play, but it was in the back of the net."

 

Russia failed to click with its two second-period power plays.

 

Dahlen got a breakaway with under six minutes left, but Samsonov stoned him on the initial shot and the follow-up. The Russian goalie strained himself while kicking out his right leg to foil a late-period Swedish chance. But again, he soldiered on. Fredrik Karlstrom came close just before the second buzzer, putting one off the crossbar.

Chances for both sides abounded in the third period. Asplund sent a lovely pass to Karlstrom on a 2-on-1 rush, but Samsonov came across to foil him. Guryanov waltzed down right wing and rang one off Sandstrom's left post. Nylander and Grundstrom barely failed to click on a pretty give-and-go.

"We won the first two practice games before the tournament and the five first games in the tournament," said Dahlen. "We won seven out of nine games but we’re standing here without a medal. Something was wrong. It’s a huge disappointment."

Both teams will hope for better results at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo. That American border city was the site of Russia’s last gold medal seven years ago.

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Gold Medal Match

USA - Canada  5-4 after GWS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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USA - Canada  5-4 after GWS

 

Terry scores shootout gold

USA wins extraordinary game, 5-4

 

 

Troy Terry has done it again. He was the only scorer of ten shootout shooters tonight, giving the USA the gold medal in an incredible 5-4 win over Canada.

 

Just 24 hours ago, he scored three goals in a shootout to defeat Russia and advance to today's championship game.

 

"Before the shootout, I was thinking about trying something different [than shooting between the legs]," Terry explained. "As I came down, I decided I just had to try to go five-hole."

 

“I think it’s a Troy effect,” teammate Jack Roslovic enthused. “No matter what, you can cover it all you want, you can sit in the butterfly, he’ll find the five-hole.”

 

U.S. goalie Tyler Parsons stopped all five Canadian shooters, none of which came particularly close to scoring.

 

Canadian counterpart Carter Hart stopped four shots, allowing only Terry's low shot between the pads.

 

For the Americans this marks their fourth U20 gold, following 2004, 2010, and 2013.

 

"It was a great atmosphere in the building," Parsons said. "It gave me chills. It's unbelievable to win this for your country."

 

“Unbelievable,” said Colin White. “There’s no feeling like it. We came together as a team. Four weeks now we’ve been together, and to win a gold medal together is just great. The calmness we’ve had all tournament was huge. We were down yesterday, down twice today by two goals. We stayed calm on the bench and fought back.We always knew we had each other’s backs all tournament, and we came together so well as a team.”

 

Canada had an early lead of 2-0--and let it slip away--as well as a more critical 4-2 lead early in the third, but the Americans simply refused to give up or be intimidated by the pro-Canadian crowd.

 

There were countless scoring chances and giveaways forced by puck pressure, end-to-end action, and blinding speed. Canada outshot the U.S., 50-36, but in the end it was another nifty move by Terry that proved the difference.

 

"It was such an up-and-down game," Terry said. "We were down two goals twice. I think when we were down 2-0 and came back to tie it we got some confidence because it sucked to go down two goals right away. But, we knew as a team that no matter how we played, we had the confidence to get back into the game."

 

Kieffer Bellows, with his second of the game, and Colin White tied the game midway through the third, and despite incredible opportunities to score, the game went into a fourth and final period.

 

"The 23 of us, all the way from summer camp to Buffalo camp, we knew we had to come up huge," said Bellows, the American-born son of longtime Canadian NHLer, Brian. "Our country needed us at this point with the hockey. Kids looking up to us, teenagers, older adults that love hockey so much were looking up to us. We came out on top, and hopefully the country’s proud of us."

 

The 20-minute, five-on-five overtime was breath-taking and heart-stopping, Canada dominating but both teams having several glorious chances to win. Indeed, the Canadians had the only power play, called because of a too-many-men penalty to the U.S., but it couldn't put the puck in.

 

The Fates seemed to will the puck out of the net, believing a shootout was needed to decide this incredible contest of speed, skill, strength, and determination.

 

Canada's defenceman Thomas Chabot, named tournament MVP, played a staggering 43:53 in defeat.

 

"I'm proud of what I've done in this tournament," he explained, "but it's so hard to lose this game. I put everything I could into representing my country as well as I could and help the team win. I may have got the MVP, but I'm heartbroken. It's very difficult right now."

 

The game was played before a crowd of 20,173, just shy of the single-game mark set in Ottawa in 2009 between Canada and Sweden (20,380).

 

Emotions were high and the tension thick as the final game of the 2017 World Junior Championship started. The Americans had defeated Canada soundly, 3-1, just six days earlier, but now the gold medal was on the line.

 

Both teams had developed and matured over the last two weeks, and with everything on the line players gave it their all, and more.

 

The game started at a feverish pitch, and the raucous Bell Centre crowd was as loud as it’s been this year for the juniors. But just as the Canadians seemed nervous and tentative on New Year’s Eve, tonight it was the Americans who seemed rattled by circumstance, the intensity, and the relentless puck pressure from Canada.

 

Canada took control early and maintained high energy throughout the period, getting the puck deep and forcing the U.S. defencemen to turn and skate back to make a play.

 

The opening goal came at 4:38 off the rush. Matt Barzal made a nice pass to Mathieu Joseph, going to the net. Joseph couldn’t handle the puck but it came to defenceman Chabot who buried the puck as Parsons was playing Joseph to shoot.

 

Canada made it 2-0 at 9:02 thanks to a scramble in the U.S. slot. Adam Fox made an ill-advised swat at the puck with his glove, and it came right to Jeremy Lauzon who waited patiently before ripping a shot to the stick side of a screened Parsons.

 

Two goals, two defencemen, two French-Canadians. 2-0.

 

The Americans had a chance to get back into it with a power play, but they would up incurring a minor of their own halfway through to nullify the chance. 

 

To start the second, though, the U.S. came out with purpose and turned the tables on Canada, getting the puck deep, forechecking effectively, and putting Canada on its heels.

 

The reward came just 3:04 into the period when Jordan Greenway made a nice pass from the left-wing boards to defenceman Charlie McAvoy, the trailer on the play. He had plenty of time to take aim and drill a shot over Hart’s glove to cut the lead in half.

 

The crowd responded with tremendous support, and the Canadian players got their legs going, coming right back at their opponents. This wave was scuttled by a too-many-men penalty, though, and that cost Canada dearly.

 

A point shot from Fox drifted to the goal and hit Bellows on the way in at 9:30. Tie game.

 

The Canadians continued to skate and drew two late power plays, but some over-passing on their part and good defence by the Americans kept it a 2-2 game.

 

A third power play early in the third gave Canada a chance it didn't pass up. Nicolas Roy ripped a shot over Parsons' shoulder at 1:52, and at 4:05 they made it 4-2 when Mathieu Joseph raced past Casey Fitzgerald at the U.S. blue line and made a great deke on Parsons.

 

But the resilient Americans did not go queitly to defeat. Just 38 seconds later McAvoy fed Bellows in the slot, and his quick shot fooled Hart to make it 4-3.

 

They weren't done yet.

 

Fox made a sensational pass to Colin White to the side of Hart, and White's perfect deflection at 7:07 found the back of the net. Four goals in just over five minutes and the game was tied again, much to the shock of the Bell Centre fans.

 

“I saw [Fox] get the puck up there,” White described. “I was behind the net, and I knew if I stayed on that low post he’d get it to me. It was a great play by him, and I was lucky enough to tip that in.”

 

That set the stage for a wild finish that will go down in history as one of the greatest junior games ever played.

 

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Chabot named MVP

Two Americans, two Russians make all-star team

 

Canada’s Thomas Chabot was voted the Most Valuable Player of the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship by the media.

 

Chabot, a 19-year-old defenceman who plays for the QMJHL’s Saint John Sea Dogs and appeared in one NHL game this season with the Ottawa Senators, was also voted to the tournament All-Star Team, and was named Best Defenceman by the tournament directorate. He scored Canada’s opening goal and added an assist in the final against the United States.

Chabot led all defencemen in tournament scoring with 10 points (4+6), and led Canada in ice time, averaging 26:14 per game.

The U.S. and Russia both placed two players on the tournament all-star team. Russian captain Kirill Kaprizov, who led the World Juniors with nine goals, was named Best Forward and an all-star. 

 

Individual Awards (selected by the directorate)

 

Best Goalkeeper: Felix Sandstrom
Best Defenceman: Thomas Chabot
Best Forward: Kirill Kaprizov

 

 

Most Valuable Player (selected by the media)

 

Thomas Chabot

 

 

All-Star Team (selected by the media)

 

GK: Ilya Samsonov
DE: Thomas Chabot
DE: Charlie McAvoy
FW: Kirill Kaprizov
FW: Alexander Nylander
FW: Clayton Keller

 

 

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The Under 20 Top Division World Championships 2017 in Canada is over, another epic tournament full of fantastic skilled players, amazing atmosphere in the candians arenas and briliant junior hockey.

 

Congrats to the

USA

new Under 20 World Champions 

4th Title

(2004, 2010, 2013, 2017)

 

Also big respects to Canada silver medalists and Russia Bronze medalists, interesting fact all 3 medalists were from our preliminary group B, just pointing the fact how insanely tough group we had this year

 

Tough luck this time for Sweden 4th this time without medals, but with a team completely full of amazing players, many many future world hockey stars.

 

5th finished Denmark, absolutely amazing result for the young Danes, great tournament with wins over Finland and the Czechs meant in overall standing the best ever result for Denmark in the juniors worlds.

 

6th Czech Republic, 7th Switzerland and 8th Slovakia all achieved their goals, avoid the relegation round and advance to the quarterfinals, hopefully all 3 without big troubles managed their first goal but unfortunately this time all had too strong opponents in the QF which finished their journeys in the tournament already in the quarters.

 

9th Finland, Not very memorable tournament for the Suomis, for the first time ever a reigning junior world champion played the relegation round next year, and this happened to Finland this year, very very bad preliminary round send them to the relegation round, at least they managed to recover and maintain themselves among the world juniors elite also for next year.

 

10th Latvia has been relegated to the Under 20 Division I Group A world Championships next year. It was a very painful and hard tournament for the Baltic country, extremely tough preliminary group and even harder opponent in the relegation round finished in the fact of relegation. Next year in Buffalo, USA 2018 Latvia will be replaced by Belarus winner of this years Under 20 Div. I A WCh in Germany.

 

 

All results can be found in the result thread here

 

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Bronze Medal Match

Russia - Sweden  2-1 after Overtime

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

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Gold Medal Match

USA - Canada  5-4 after GWS

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

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